Brazos River near Hempstead water level
NWS gauge HPDT2 · U.S. Geological Survey · Waller County · Houston–Galveston
stage above the gauge's own zero · Nov 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM CST · 2 hours ago
- Below NWS minor flood stage
- 40.2 ft
- NWS action stage
- 25.0 ft
- NWS minor flood stage
- 50.0 ft
- NWS moderate flood stage
- 53.0 ft
- NWS major flood stage
- 55.0 ft
- Highest NWS crest
- 66.10 ft (December 8, 1913)
- Usual range
- 9.41 to 10.86 ft
- Highest since October 4, 2026
- 11.73 ft
Last 7 days
Hourly averages of the readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since October 4, 2026.
How to read this gauge
The number is the stage in feet above this gauge's own zero: a height on its own scale, not a depth. The NWS lists that zero at 107.67 ft NAVD88, so the water surface is now about 117.48 ft NAVD88.
The flood stages are the National Weather Service's references for this location, on the same scale as the reading. They describe the gauge, not any particular street or property.
Readings the NWS marks out of service are left out, and so is any single reading more than 2 ft from the readings either side of it, which is a sensor error rather than water; a newest reading that far from the one before waits for the next to agree.
U.S. Geological Survey runs this gauge; the National Weather Service publishes its readings and its flood stages, which is where this site reads them. It is also USGS gauge 08111500.
NWS historic crests
| Date | Crest | Above minor flood stage |
|---|---|---|
| December 8, 1913 | 66.10 ft | 16.1 ft |
| July 4, 1899 | 63.60 ft | 13.6 ft |
| May 27, 2016 | 54.89 ft | 4.9 ft |
| May 2, 1957 | 54.21 ft | 4.2 ft |
| November 30, 1940 | 54.04 ft | 4.0 ft |
| May 7, 1944 | 52.00 ft | 2.0 ft |
| August 28, 2017 | 51.24 ft | 1.2 ft |
| May 22, 1965 | 51.23 ft | 1.2 ft |
The highest crests the National Weather Service lists for this gauge, as published, on the same scale as the reading.
Daily highs and lows since October 4, 2026
Download the readings
brazos-river-near-hempstead.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 2,858 rows, with time in UTC and local time, and the reading in feet on the gauge's own zero.
brazos-river-near-hempstead-daily.csv (CSV): the low and high of every day since October 4, 2026.
Source. Readings from U.S. Geological Survey, as published by the National Weather Service, which also sets the flood stages and lists the crests. The NWS name for this gauge is “Brazos River near Hempstead”. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.